High School Distribution

This is a template distribution used by NAQT for its 2016–2017 Regular Invitational Series. The only difference between actual sets’ distributions and this template is that in each category (not only the innermost categories) at most one question may be shifted from tossup to bonus (or vice versa). For instance, if a category is listed as 0/1 here, it does not mean that every set will have a bonus and no set will have a tossup; it will be split approximately 50-50 based on the random number that “salts” the distribution for each packet set.

Category Name

Weights

Per Packet Set

Per Packet

Literature

93

50 / 48

4.2 / 4.0

Religious Literature

5

3 / 3

0.2 / 0.2

Christian Literature

1

1 / 2

0.1 / 0.2

Non Christian Literature

1

2 / 1

0.2 / 0.1

English Literature

56

31 / 30

2.6 / 2.5

American Literature

50

15 / 15

1.2 / 1.2

British Literature

50

16 / 15

1.3 / 1.2

Non English Literature

21

12 / 11

1.0 / 0.9

European Literature

16

9 / 8

0.8 / 0.7

World Literature

5

3 / 3

0.2 / 0.2

Young Reader Literature

3

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

Any Literature

5

3 / 3

0.2 / 0.2

Science

125

67 / 65

5.6 / 5.4

Computation

22

12 / 12

1.0 / 1.0

Physics

22

12 / 12

1.0 / 1.0

Astronomy

7

4 / 4

0.3 / 0.3

Astronomy Non Solar System

1

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

Any Astronomy

2

3 / 3

0.2 / 0.2

Biology

22

12 / 11

1.0 / 0.9

Anatomy Medicine Biology

25

3 / 3

0.2 / 0.2

Cell Molecular Biology

25

3 / 3

0.2 / 0.2

Organismal Population Biology

25

3 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

Non Medicine Biology

15

2 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

Any Biology

10

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

Chemistry

22

12 / 12

1.0 / 1.0

Chemistry Non Element

2

8 / 8

0.7 / 0.7

Any Chemistry

1

4 / 4

0.3 / 0.3

Math

10

6 / 5

0.5 / 0.4

Computer Science

3

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

Earth Science

5

3 / 3

0.2 / 0.2

Any Science

10

5 / 5

0.4 / 0.4

Fine Arts

35

19 / 18

1.6 / 1.5

Visual

38

9 / 9

0.8 / 0.8

Painting

12

5 / 5

0.4 / 0.4

Architecture

4

2 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

Sculpture

4

2 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

Visual Other

2

0 / 0

0.0 / 0.0

Music

26

7 / 6

0.6 / 0.5

Composers Works

12

5 / 5

0.4 / 0.4

Instruments Theory Performers

3

2 / 1

0.2 / 0.1

Any Music

1

0 / 0

0.0 / 0.0

Performance

10

2 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

Opera

100

1 / 2

0.1 / 0.2

Dance

5

0 / 0

0.0 / 0.0

Theater

5

0 / 0

0.0 / 0.0

Any Performance

10

1 / 0

0.1 / 0.0

Any Fine Arts

6

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

History

105

56 / 55

4.7 / 4.6

American History

40

21 / 21

1.8 / 1.8

American Military History

7

4 / 4

0.3 / 0.3

American Govt History

17

9 / 9

0.8 / 0.8

American Social History

12

6 / 6

0.5 / 0.5

American History

4

2 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

European History

23

12 / 12

1.0 / 1.0

British History

8

5 / 5

0.4 / 0.4

French History

3

2 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

Russian History

3

2 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

German History

3

2 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

Italian History

1

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

World History

18

9 / 9

0.8 / 0.8

Asian History

8

5 / 4

0.4 / 0.3

Chinese History

1

1 / 0

0.1 / 0.0

Japanese History

1

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

Indian History

1

1 / 0

0.1 / 0.0

Middle Eastern History

1

0 / 1

0.0 / 0.1

Asian History

4

2 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

African History

2

1 / 2

0.1 / 0.2

South American History

2

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

North American History

3

2 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

Mexican History

2

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

Canadian History

2

1 / 0

0.1 / 0.0

Other North American History

2

0 / 1

0.0 / 0.1

Ancient History

8

4 / 4

0.3 / 0.3

Ancient Greece History

2

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

Ancient Rome History

3

1 / 2

0.1 / 0.2

Ancient History Non Classical

3

2 / 1

0.2 / 0.1

Cross History

18

10 / 9

0.8 / 0.8

Religious History

4

2 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

Exploration History

4

3 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

Europe History

4

2 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

Non America Non Europe History

2

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

Any History

4

2 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

Geography

43

23 / 22

1.9 / 1.8

North American Geography

30

7 / 6

0.6 / 0.5

World Geography

70

16 / 16

1.3 / 1.3

European Geography

25

4 / 4

0.3 / 0.3

Asian Geography

30

5 / 5

0.4 / 0.4

African Geography

20

3 / 3

0.2 / 0.2

South American Geography

10

1 / 2

0.1 / 0.2

Any World Geography

15

3 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

Mythology

14

7 / 7

0.6 / 0.6

Classical Myth

60

4 / 4

0.3 / 0.3

Scandinavian Myth

10

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

Non European Myth

10

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

Nonclassical Myth

10

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

Any Myth

10

0 / 0

0.0 / 0.0

PC Sports

37

20 / 19

1.7 / 1.6

Sports

25

5 / 5

0.4 / 0.4

Major Sport

12

3 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

Baseball

2

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

Baseball Modern

10

1 / 0

0.1 / 0.0

Baseball Any Time

10

0 / 1

0.0 / 0.1

Football

2

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

Football Modern

10

1 / 0

0.1 / 0.0

Football Any Time

10

0 / 1

0.0 / 0.1

Basketball

2

1 / 0

0.1 / 0.0

Basketball Modern

10

0 / 0

0.0 / 0.0

Basketball Any Time

10

1 / 0

0.1 / 0.0

Minor Sport

6

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

Minor Sport Modern

2

0 / 1

0.0 / 0.1

Minor Sport Any Time

3

1 / 0

0.1 / 0.0

Any Sports

7

1 / 2

0.1 / 0.2

Any Sports Modern

1

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

Any Sports Any Time

1

0 / 1

0.0 / 0.1

Pop Culture

75

15 / 14

1.2 / 1.2

PC TV

18

4 / 3

0.3 / 0.2

PC TV Modern

1

2 / 1

0.2 / 0.1

PC TV Any Time

1

2 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

PC Music

18

3 / 3

0.2 / 0.2

PC Music Modern

1

2 / 1

0.2 / 0.1

PC Music Any Time

1

1 / 2

0.1 / 0.2

PC Film

18

4 / 3

0.3 / 0.2

PC Film Modern

1

2 / 1

0.2 / 0.1

PC Film Any Time

1

2 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

PC Video Games

8

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

PC Broadway

4

0 / 1

0.0 / 0.1

PC Comics

2

0 / 0

0.0 / 0.0

PC Other

6

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

PC Other Modern

4

1 / 0

0.1 / 0.0

PC Other Any Time

4

0 / 1

0.0 / 0.1

PC Any

12

2 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

Social Science

15

8 / 8

0.7 / 0.7

Anthropology Sociology

16

2 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

Archaeology

8

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

Economics

16

2 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

Government

8

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

Jurisprudence

4

0 / 1

0.0 / 0.1

Political Phil

4

0 / 0

0.0 / 0.0

Psychology

16

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

Any Social Science

6

1 / 0

0.1 / 0.0

Theo Phil

10

5 / 5

0.4 / 0.4

Theology

40

2 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

Philosophy

60

3 / 3

0.2 / 0.2

Current Events

40

21 / 20

1.8 / 1.7

CE Business

5

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

CE Science

5

1 / 1

0.1 / 0.1

US CE

50

9 / 9

0.8 / 0.8

US CE Political

36

4 / 4

0.3 / 0.3

US CE Social

22

3 / 3

0.2 / 0.2

US CE Any

20

2 / 2

0.2 / 0.2

World CE

50

10 / 9

0.8 / 0.8

World CE Political

45

5 / 4

0.4 / 0.3

World CE Social

15

1 / 2

0.1 / 0.2

World CE Any

30

4 / 3

0.3 / 0.2

Miscellaneous

22 / 40

12 / 21

1.0 / 1.8

Mixed

18 / 35

9 / 18

0.8 / 1.5

Mixed Pure Academic

10 / 21

5 / 11

0.4 / 0.9

Mixed Impure Academic

8 / 14

4 / 7

0.3 / 0.6

Mixed or GK

5

3 / 3

0.2 / 0.2

The weights column gives the numerical weights associated with each category; these are relative to the weights of sibling categories. If, for instance, a category had two children, one with weight 2 and the other with weight 3, then the first would receive 40% of questions (2/(2+3)) and the second would receive 60%. If two weights are specified, then tossups and bonuses are treated differently.

The per packet set column shows the total number of tossups and bonuses in that category for the entire set.

The per packet column shows the per packet set numbers divided by the number of packets in the set. The total number of tossups in this category in a single packet will be this number either rounded up or down; the bonuses follow a similar constraint. In addition, a single packet set will never have a packet in which both of those numbers are rounded up and another in which both of those numbers are rounded down.